tuesday

tues + thurs (various times): ice theatre of new york: 2025-26 city skate pop-up performances: ice theatre of new york’s annual ice dance performance series returns to public outdoor skating rinks for the fall-winter season. this week: bryant park (tues 12:35pm + thurs 12:35pm) and wollman rink in central park (thurs 6:15pm). free admission. >>

tues 11am-3:30pm: 28th lunar new year firecracker ceremony and cultural festival: manhattan’s annual lunar new year celebration takes over sara d. roosevelt park with an afternoon filled with firecrackers, music, and traditional dancers. (note: the chinatown lunar new year parade and festival is 3/1) >>

tues 6pm: ashland with dan simon and andré aciman: founder and editor-in-chief of seven stories press, dan simon, discusses his debut novel ashland with professor and author andré aciman (call me by your name) at albertine books (ues). free admission. >>

tues 6pm: miller theater’s pop-up concert series: the columbia university school of the arts’s musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. tonight, brazilian-born guitarist and composer chico pinheiro blends brazilian classics, jazz standards, and his own original compositions. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): brooklyn books + booze: hear established and up-and-coming authors of different genres read from their current works every third tuesday of the month at barrow’s intense tasting room (industry city). tonight’s lineup includes fonda lee, leanna renee hieber, shveta thakrar, and victor manibo. hosted by randee dawn. free admission. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): astronomy on tap: ‘star crossed’ edition: things are looking up at astronomy on tap, a night where astronomy enthusiasts gather at a local bar for talks by professional scientists and educators—plus themed games and other cosmic fun. tonight: love is written in the stars as presenters dive into their love and astronomy with out of this world fanfiction, an origin story about an astronomy couple, and an exploration of celestial jargon. somethin’ else in dekalb market hall (downtown brooklyn), free admission. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): the broad squad: kendra cunningham presents a monthly comedy variety show featuring a female-fronted lineup. tonight’s performers include mel deluca, calvin cato, amber born, nonye brown west, and jess wood. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission ($10 suggested donation). >>

tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 2/24): union pool’s fouth annual free tuesdays: union pool’s annual free tuesday concert series is back for another winter season, continuing tonight with gun outfit and ornament. >>

tues 8pm: mardi gras party: fat tuesday goes down in nyc with nola vibes, courtesy of brass queens, a brooklyn-based, nola-inspired, all-female brass band, plus funk and soul by john the martyr. grab a mask and beads, sip hurricanes, snack on beignets, and dance! littlefield (gowanus), $18.71 with promo code ‘mardiparty’ (reg. $24-25). >>

tues 9:30pm: story-oke: sing and tell: part karaoke, part confessional. story-oke invites performers and audience members alike to share a true story about their connection to a song – or the song itself – and then sing the hell out of it. tonight’s show features stories about finding love while working on the tonight show, growing up an emo kid in a family of cool kids, the melodica, and more. plus, whatever you, the audience, want to bring to the stage. hosted by shyaporn theerakulstit. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>

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Orchestra of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble returns to Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall for two intimate evenings this season!

On Wednesday, February 25, internationally acclaimed baritone John Brancy joins the ensemble for a distinctly American program centered on Samuel Barber and paired with Leonard Bernstein, plus songs by Stephen Sondheim; on Wednesday, May 13, pianist Orli Shaham leads two late-Romantic masterworks—Antonín Dvořák and Amy Beach—in a program that moves from Prague to Boston in one sweeping arc.

Use code OSL53914 at checkout to access this $30 ticket offer!

Barber, Bernstein, and Sondheim
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026 AT 8:00 PM
WEILL RECITAL HALL | CARNEGIE HALL
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Dvořák & Beach with Orli Shaham
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026 AT 8:00 PM
WEILL RECITAL HALL | CARNEGIE HALL
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wednesday

weds thru 4/19: art x fashion: is fashion art? runway meets gallery wall at art x fashion, a new exhibition at the museum at fit (chelsea) exploring the ways that fashion has been a partner, not a follower, of fine art. more than 140 objects are featured, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from mfit’s permanent collection. free admission. >>

weds thru sun: 14th annual winter film festival: the winter film festival, dedicated to showcasing the diversity of voices in indie film, returns for a 14th year with 103 selections spanning animation, docs, dramas, comedies, horror, music videos, and web series. this year’s lineup spotlights 20 student films and 34 first-time filmmakers, with artists hailing from 27 countries. half the films were created by women, half by people of color, and 25% by new yorkers. regal union square, $5-12.50 adv, $16.50 door, $5 at the door for students. >>

weds 7pm (quarterly): reading 101: alexis nowicki and maria robins-somerville’s reading series returns to night club 101 (east village) with five-minute readings from five readers across genres. tonight’s edition features chloe texier-rose, vrinda jagota, david rosenberg, harris lahti, kathleen radigan, and jonathan grandma. free admission. >>

weds 7pm: speakeasy: ‘the definitive speechwriting comedy show’: professional speechwriters and comedians are really into speeches talk about the techniques they love, the clichés they hate, and the written remarks that rocked their world. hosted by chandler dean and and sarah gruen. caveat (les), $15.67 adv with promo code ‘speakcheaply’ (reg. $24-25). >>

weds 7pm (monthly): adam wade: live in new york: 20-time moth story slam winner adam wade returns to under st. marks theater with a storytelling show featuring three to four different stories from his extensive catalog (no two shows will be the same) and a different special guest who’ll kick things off. under st. marks theater (east village), sliding scale admission. >>

weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by dan carney, keenan steiner, jill weiner, and ethan filler. free admission. >>

weds 8pm: an evening of magic + mind-reading: magician and mentalist david gerard brings his mind-reading mystery to littlefield (gowanus), joined by sleight-of-hand phenom charlie phillips. hosted by wondershow creator patrick terry. get tickets for $11.79-28.48 with promo code ‘lfmagic’ (reg. $18.71-33.62). >>

weds 8pm (biweekly): flash comedy: have a picture-perfect night of laughs at the flash comedy show, where the hosts snap free polaroids of you and your friends to take home. hosted by claire parker (celebrity memoir book club), audrey black (cracked), and temi adeoye, tonight’s show features britt migs, tatiana frank, maggie olmsted, judah friedlander, james mwaura, and peng dang. mood ring (bushwick), $12. >>

thursday

thurs thru 2/25: seventh chelsea international photography competition exhibition: chelsea’s agora gallery presents its seventh annual photography showcase, featuring works selected from hundreds of global submissions. reception thursday 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thurs thru sun: big book sale: thousands of new and used books are stacked and ready for their next chapter at park slope united methodist church’s 32nd annual book sale, where most items are priced at just $3 or less. $30 preview sale thursday, free admission friday thru sunday. >>

thurs 7pm: bedazzling party: rhinestones at the ready! this crafty hang invites both first-timers and seasoned glam pros to glue, sparkle, and shine. $5-10 kits come with a bag of rhinestones plus your choice of t-shirts, lighters, bandanas, and more, or bring your own item bedazzle. purgatory (bushwick), free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: letters + sodas reading series: holiday humor hop edition: writer lana schwartz (build your own romantic comedy) brings together comedians and writers for a night of standup, humor pieces, fiction, and essay readings. tonight: al mullen (the new yorker), amy currul (mcsweeney’s), reid pope (paper), meghan ross (how we grieve), lauren davis (series fest), and megan broussard (reductress). the greats of craft (lic), $5. >>

thurs 7pm: top shelf stories: julia whitehouse serves up an evening of carefully crafted storytelling at ucb (east village). tonight’s show features guests jamie brickhouse, calvin cato, sarah hartshorne, and chanel ali, plus one open mic slot reserved for an audience member. hosted by julia whitehouse. $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

thurs 7pm (monthly): facts machine: science, comedy + trivia: scientists and comedians share the stories behind their favorite facts, ‘conduct experiments’ (i.e. play drinking games), and test their knowledge with a trivia challenge loosely inspired by this month’s theme: language + linguistics. hosted by scientists and pub trivia hosts em costa, noah guiberson, and rob frawley. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘theskint’ (reg. $24-$25). >>

thurs 7:30pm (monthly): pete’s reading series: hear from literary icons and newcomers alike at this long-running reading series, hosted by temim fruchter and brian gresko. tonight’s event features aria aber (good girl), grace byron (herculine), rebecca novack (murder bimbo), and issa quincy (absence). pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 7:30pm: black history is for everyone: voices of a people’s history: building on historian howard zinn’s vision, voices of a people’s history presents an evening of music and readings inspired by the new book black history is for everyone by new york public library educator brian jones. featuring haley pessin, jordan mahome, kelly ‘greenlight’ thomas, mahogany l. browne, margaret odette, martha redbone, aaron whitby, regine jean louis, and ty jones. narrated by brian jones. lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws). free admission. >>

thurs 8pm: copacabana comedy: hosts catherine lindsay and dorian debose showcase the city’s top comics against a backdrop of glamor and camp. tonighgt’s lineup includes michael longfellow (snl), kenice mobley (fallon), carmen lagala (colbert), and julia shiplett (comedy central). baker falls (les), $10. >>

thurs 8pm (monthly): pride and prejudice entirely from memory: watch as blindly-cast ten bones theatre company performers attempt to recreate pride and prejudice on stage—without the aid of scripts or rehearsals. as chaos ensues, drinks are drunk while the players are challenged to incorporate lines written by the audience and create ‘deleted’ scenes. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $14 day of. >>

thurs 8pm: catherine o’hara: icon: drag performers pay tribute to the ultimate scene-stealing queen, catherine o’hara, with a night of camp, character, and chaos. 9 bob note @ 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg), $20. >>

thurs 8:30pm (monthly thru 4/16): i love you… but: married comedian couple courtney maginnis and casey james salengo present a comedy show about the highs and lows of love and marriage in the modern age. pine box rock shop (bushwick), free admission. >>

thurs 9:30pm: three-day champion: three-day champion is a comedic storytelling podcast wrapped inside game show where comedian contestants are asked, ‘if you were a three-day champion on a game show, what three stories about yourself would you choose to tell?’ hosted by christine walters with guests dave hill (joe pera talks with you), kenice mobley (fallon), and zach zimmerman (is it hot in here?). caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘heartofachampion’ (reg. $24-25). >>

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– the skint

Myrtle Avenue Restaurant Week returns from Friday, February 20 through Sunday, March 1, inviting diners to savor the diverse flavors of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. During this 10-day celebration, participating Myrtle Avenue restaurants will offer special three-course prix-fixe dine-in dinner menus at $25, $35, or $45, with options for every appetite and budget. Explore a global mix of cuisines – from comforting classics to bold, international favorites – while supporting local, independently owned businesses.

Participating Restaurants:
Castro’s – 511 Myrtle
Glin Thai Bistro – 330 Myrtle
Lula Mae– 472 Myrtle
Mariscos El Submarino – 570 Myrtle (Lunch menu only)
Mint Heights – 368 Myrtle
Myrtle Thai– 438 Myrtle
Neno’s – 499 Myrtle
Osteria Brooklyn 458 Myrtle
Putnam’s Pub –419 Myrtle
Rosticceria Evelina – 455 Myrtle
Spice & Grill – 441 Myrtle
Third Falcon – 360 Myrtle
Yamashiro – 468 Myrtle

Friday, February 20 – Sunday, March 1, 2026

Discover the restaurants, menus, & more at myrtleavenue.org/restaurantweek2026

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💖 weddings in times square! dating shows! phil collins day! dance parties! and much more! check out our roundup of 40 valentine’s weekend events in nyc here

friday

thru 8/16: art of noise: a new exhibition at cooper hewitt celebrates the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century. organized by the san francisco museum of modern art and adapted to the history of the new york music scene for its east coast presentation, the exhibition features over 300 works from concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, plus immersive audio installations by teenage engineering and devon turnbull. cooper hewitt (ues), $22 general, $16 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

thru 2/19: looking for ms. keaton: film at lincoln center celebrates the career of the late diane keaton with a week-long series tracing her evolution from breakout star to cinematic icon. the 15 films range from the godfather (1972) to marvin’s room (1996). $18 general, $15 seniors/students. >>

sponsored: thru 2/15: $20 tickets to a thrilling new play with an 80s queer pulse: salvage by aspen narain: auburn’s been reluctantly assigned the family task of taking her little sister stella and her friends on a camping trip. stella believes she knows auburn’s secret. jude is a control freak, and peyton is smarter than jude. rowan’s along for the ride. so when one of them goes missing, the group must band together and uncover the secrets about their environment (and themselves) before it’s too late. salvage starts out as a low toned, raw staged reading and within minutes quickly develops into a full staged horror picture. the maker’s space (williamsburg), $20. >>

sponsored: fri + sat: flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics, a cozy atmosphere, and no drink minimums—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 50% with promo code ‘skint’ on tickets to these shows at 362 grand street in williamsburg. friday 8pm + 9:30pm: shane torres (conan), dan yang (new york comedy fest), daniela mora (tiktok), ryan thomas (new york comedy fest); saturday 8pm + 9:30pm: pranav behari (mango bae), kate willett (the late show), eliot thompson (pure chaos comedy), lizabanks campagna (the cut). >>

fri 7pm (monthly): vocabaret: ‘slang’ edition: wordplay takes center stage at vocabaret, a monthly variety show for language lovers. four of nyc’s wittiest wordsmiths serve up slideshows, games, and other entertainment—all inspired by a new theme each month. hosted by joey dardano, shyaporn theerakulstit, ally spier, and nikolai vanyo. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘caveatorb’ (reg. $24-25). >>

fri 8pm (monthly): boyz in the woods comedy: tawanda gona, joshua stokes, and jeff wright host this standup-meets-trivia show, where audience members can win free drinks by answering pop culture and hip-hop trivia questions between sets. featuring myke dédé, sammy anzer, caroline montesquieu, eli ruffer, and daddy. friends and lovers (crown heights), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include dan davies, nataly aukar, kenyon adamcik, andrea more, and lucie pohl. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 11:30pm: the midnight bowie glam rock show: michael t + the vanities close out david bowie’s birthday month with two live sets of glam-era bowie (1971-74), plus support from the clash tribute pale moon gang. tv eye (ridgewood), $15. >>

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The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00pm
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Celebrate two holidays in one! On Valentine’s Day weekend, bring your loved ones and welcome the Year of the Horse at the 7th annual The Sound of Spring Chinese New Year Concert. The Orchestra Now and conductor Jindong Cai perform a program in praise of love and horses — filling the Rose Theater with joyful Chinese and Western symphonic music for the whole family.

Special guest soloists include winds virtuoso Yazhi Guo, plus a selection of outstanding young performers with top international accolades from the legendary Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the groundbreaking US-China Music Institute at Bard College.

Be sure to arrive up to one hour before curtain for the ever-popular Chinese instrument demonstration and Chinese New Year activities, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.

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saturday

sat thru 5/31: stories and set designs for the sopranos: drawing from creator david chase’s personal archive, museum of the moving image opens a new exhibition featuring scripts, notes, and research material from the sopranos that document story arcs and character trajectories as the show moved from a pilot into the first season. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20 general, $12 seniors/students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>

sat thru 4/5: 2001: the year, not the movie: museum of the moving image celebrates the year 2001 with an anniversary series featuring 36 screenings, including films, a television series, and three episodes. the series kicks off with moulin rouge with ewan mcgregor in person, and also includes a spotlight on the third season of the sopranos with creator david chase and cast members steven van zandt, dominic chianese, edie falco, and annabella sciorra. museum of the moving image (astoria), $17.50-20 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

sat + sun (various times): 40th annual new york sword dance festival: 10 performing troupes from across the northeast bring family-friendly performances of traditional english sword dancing and live folk music to public spaces across manhattan and brooklyn. free admission. >>

sat 1:30pm: get work: comedians interview for real jobs: watch comedians sit down with actual hiring professionals and attempt to land real jobs. the catch? they’re given terrible fake résumés they won’t see until they take the stage. hosted by dan vetrano. caveat (les), $15 adv, $20 door. >>

sat 6:30pm doors: funny pages: an evening of humorous readings: comedy writers, authors, essayists, comics, and cartoonists share new things to make you laugh at the funny pages show. hosted by zach zimmerman (is it hot in here?) and blythe roberson (america the beautiful?) with readings by maris kreizman, kyle turner, and robert herritt. p+t knitwear bookstore (les), $10. >>

sunday

sun 3-10pm: (no more) wire hangrrr fest: a grrrl’s two sound cents podcast and blog turns up the volume for reproductive justice with an all-day lineup of bands, readings, and dj sets, all benefiting texas equal access fund. all ages. trans-pecos (ridgewood), $15 adv, $20 door. >>

sun 7pm (monthly): new tricks storytelling show: good tales don’t age at this storytelling show where all of the performers are over 40. hosted by adrianne frost (the moth storyslam champion), with julia whitehouse, martin dockery, rita spencer, adam selbst, and mary cyn. tonight’s theme: ‘lost love!’ q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sponsored: sun 7:30pm: pay-what-you-can admission at theatre for a new audience’s the tragedy of coriolanus: for this performance of shakespeare’s play set in a media-saturated world where screen violence meets real bloodshed, audiences can purchase cash-only pay-what-you-can tickets at the door starting at 6:30pm. while supplies last, first come, first served, one ticket per patron limit. directed by ash k. tata at polonsky shakespeare center in downtown brooklyn. >>

sun 7:30pm (monthly): good god comedy show: audience members can anonymously share their craziest, cringiest, most scandalous secrets for the hosts to read aloud at this stand-up comedy variety show. tonight’s lineup: gavin matts (netflix), jarrett campbell (variety), ashton womack (the daily show), alex kim (hbo), and clare austen-smith (adult swim). hosted by brittany carney and naomi karavani. union hall (park slope), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

sun 8pm (monthly): beanie babe comedy: the standups and the stuffed animals are full of beans at this comedy show, where a donation will get you a vintage beanie baby to take home. featuring tess tregellas, sheba mason, ray devito, zoe levy, and andrew steiner. hosted by rebecca kaplan. young ethel’s (south slope), free admission (donations optional). >>

monday

mon thru 3/12: 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets: two seats, one price. grab 2-for-1 tickets to 29 of off-broadway shows, including bigfoot: the musical, heathers: the musical, silver manhattan, what we did before our moth days, and more. >>

mon thru 3/5: future utopias: school of visual arts presents future utopias, an exhibition of multidisciplinary artwork by 12 current students from bfa 3d animation and visual effects, mfa computer arts, and mfa products of design. reception 2/19 6-8pm. sva gramercy gallery, free admission. >>

mon 7pm: the story collider podcast science storytelling show: ‘sacrifice’ edition: the story collider presents true, personal stories about science from scientists, comedians, journalists, and more. hosted by erin barker and brad lawrence. under st. marks (east village), $15. >>

mon 7pm (monthly): and scene: anything could happen when actors and improvisors share the stage at ‘and scene,’ where the actors know their lines ahead of time and the improvisers make up their parts with no prior knowledge of the scenes. featuring zach cherry (severance), bailee madison (pretty little liars: original sin), ashlie atkinson (the gilded age), connor ratliff (bob’s burgers), and more. $14.64 with promo code ‘andskint’ (reg. $24-25). >>

mon 7:30pm (monthly thru may): 23rd annual music mondays concert series: the music mondays concert series returns with a new season of classical and contemporary chamber music at advent lutheran church (uws). tonight, grammy award-winning akropolis reed quintet performs george gershwin’s an american in paris and harriet steinke’s mass (new york premiere). barritone kenneth overton joins for an arrangement of billie holiday’s ‘god bless the child.’ a casual reception will follow the performance. free admission (note: if online reservations are sold out, there will be a standby line). >>

mon 8pm: help wanted: a five nights at freddy’s drag show: drag performers sour somethings and maude addams bring your favorite haunted pizzeria to brooklyn for a night of freaky fnaf fun. costumes encouraged. wonderville (bushwick), $10 suggested donation. >>

mon 8:30pm: solving your problems with chloe troast: comedian and actress chloe troast (snl) and her comedy pals team up to tackle the audience’s problems through improv. proceeds will be donated to local mental health charities. ucb (east village), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: ice skating, art shows, and more. >>

stay safe and healthy
– the skint